From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Wed Nov 16 2005 - 16:53:34 PST
I believe Fidel was wearing that cap long before we stopped wearing it.
Sonny
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> When Fidel Castro started wearing the hat, they took ours away and gave us
From: <djslager@mail.icongrp.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>; "Sonny Heath"
<sonny@defuniak.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 2:28 PM
Subject: [BULK] Re: [MV] hats or caps - as in fatigue
> the OD baseball cap..................We should have shot him, and kept our
> hats. I, myself did not like the baseball cap. Doug Slager
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> From: "Sonny Heath" <sonny@defuniak.com>
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> Subject: Re: [MV] hats or caps - as in fatigue
>
>
>> Will someone jogg my memory please? When was it that we were not
>> supposed
>> to wear the ridgeway cap any longer? Thats when we went to the OD
> baseball
>> type cap, right? I mean there wasn't a time there in between that we
>> were
>> required to wear that ugly field cap, correct?
>>
>> Sonny
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dave J" <sd0044@gwtc.net>
>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 9:00 PM
>> Subject: Re: [MV] hats or caps - as in fatigue
>>
>>
>> > When I arrived at Air Force Basic Training in the early 60s the TIs
>> > were
>> > wearing Ridgeways.
>> > We recruits of course wore the issue baseball style cap.
>> >
>> > For some reason I never did like the cap after that. LOL
>> >
>> > Dave J
>> > ============================
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Stu" <stuinnh@mvnut.us>
>> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 7:03 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [MV] hats or caps - as in fatigue
>> >
>> >
>> >> When I was in military school in the early 60's, we were issued these
>> > caps.
>> >> They really were sharp looking. I also used to see them in the
> army-navy
>> >> stores late 50's-early 60's.
>> >>
>> >> "Stu"
>> >> Southern NH, USA
>> >> "Live Free Or Die"
>> >>
>> >> MVPA #14790
>> >>
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>> >> 1985 M1008 CUCV Pickup
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >> From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
>> > Behalf
>> >> Of MYDEUCEANDWILLYS@aol.com
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:50 PM
>> >> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
>> >> Subject: Re: [MV] hats or caps - as in fatigue
>> >>
>> >> I have 2 Ridgeway Caps and your description fits to a tee, Some of
>> >> the
>> >> replies have had a mistaken identity and were talking about a
>> >> standard
>> >> fatigue
>> >> cap, The Ridgeway cap as you have stated has the ring, Sadly they are
>> >> way
>> >> to
>> >> small. So he search continues, It is a frustrating thing, looking for
>> > these
>> >> it
>> >> has been amazing how many people have no idea of what they are,
>> > Personally
>> >> I
>> >> think they are a Big part of the Army's history and fit the period
>> > vehicles
>> >> so
>> >> well, They do just look so SHARP! And I think its worth it to learn
>> > about
>> >> such things,
>> >> Randy out
>> >>
>> >>
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